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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).
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I guess it all depends on perspective.
I love that it's free compared to those $10-20k licenses for similar systems.
I love that there are good package managers.
I love that it's open source.
I hate that it's GPLv2.
I hate how bloated the kernel is. I'd like it to fit into main memory.
I hate how it's not POSIX-certified.
Take a copy of lspci, lsusb. Use them to build a kernel from source with only the bits you need and then make the bits you might need modules. Include your filesystem driver into the kernel and you can skip the usual initramfs stage and jump straight to your root filesystem.
Might take a few tries, but at least it doesn't take 18 hours to compile the kernel anymore....
What's wrong with GPLv2? I feel like the fsf community says it is weak and the commercial community complains they can't seal it.
I would like to see Linux finally move to the FreeBSD architecture model. Or a sane Linux with a FreeBSD kernel.